Broiler Chicken Grower Antitrust Litigation (No. II)

  1. August 19, 2024

    Pilgrim's Pride Agrees To Pay $100M In Chicken Farmers' Suit

    Pilgrim's Pride will pay $100 million to broiler chicken farmers to settle claims it conspired with other competitive chicken producers to suppress farmer compensation, according to the plaintiffs' preliminary approval bid filed Friday in Oklahoma federal court.

  2. June 26, 2024

    Pilgrim's Pride Settles Grower Pay Antitrust Case

    An Oklahoma federal judge hit the brakes Wednesday on a lawsuit seeking nearly $3 billion in damages from Pilgrim's Pride Corp. over claims it conspired with other chicken producers to suppress farmer compensation after the sides reached a settlement.

  3. June 07, 2024

    Pilgrim's Pride Largely Can't Pause Chicken Farmers' Suit

    An Oklahoma federal judge largely refused Friday to pause a lawsuit accusing Pilgrim's Pride of conspiring with other chicken producers to suppress farmer compensation while Pilgrim's appeals certification of over 24,000 farmers, finding it does not matter if the $2.77 billion damages claim might pressure the company to settle.

  4. May 29, 2024

    May Roundup: 11 Wage Rulings on Class, Collective Actions

    The month of May brought plenty of rulings in cases with one or two workers trying to assert claims on behalf of others. Whether it's collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act or class actions under state law where the bar to clear is higher, here are 11 rulings on group wage and hour litigation to know from May.

  5. May 09, 2024

    Chicken Farmers Win Cert. Of 24K Class In No-Poach Suit

    An Oklahoma federal judge has certified a class of more than 24,000 broiler chicken farmers accusing Pilgrim's Pride of conspiring with others to suppress grower compensation through no-poach agreements, noting the plaintiffs provided direct and circumstantial evidence to show the existence of an antitrust conspiracy affecting all farmers.

  6. January 06, 2023

    Sanderson Farms Latest To Cut Chicken Price-Fixing Deal

    Sanderson Farms has cut a deal resolving class action claims accusing it and other poultry giants of working together to fix the price of chickens.

  7. February 22, 2022

    $35M Perdue, Tyson Deals With Chicken Farmers Cleared

    Perdue and Tyson have gotten an Oklahoma federal court's final blessing on $35 million worth of settlements that will end claims that the poultry giants played a role in a cartel of rivals that colluded to hike the price of chicken.